Forni di Sopra - Casera Tartoi (via Malga Varmost)

Access to the starting point:
From Kranjska Gora via Border crossing Rateče to Trbiž / Tarvisio (you can also get here via Border crossing Predel) and continue on the motorway to Udine. Leave the motorway at Tolmezzo, from where we continue to Ampezzo and on to the Alpine pass Passo della Mauria (1298 m). Before this pass, we reach Forni di Sopra, where, about 100 m before the bottom station of the four-seater, we turn right onto a narrow and, at a higher altitude, quite steep road. Follow the road above the town and park at a small crossroads in a suitable place (the road continues towards the ski resort of Forni di Sopra and is closed to public traffic by a traffic sign). From Kranjska Gora to the starting point is about 122 km.

Path description:
From the starting point, take the steep macadam road towards Som Picol hut. The steep road (gradient up to 30%) leads you first through the forest and then to the cable car that leads to Som Picol hut. Here the road turns slightly to the right and slightly slopes down. Higher up, we start to get beautiful views of the surrounding mountains, and the path leads us under the steep cliffs of the Clap Varmost peak (1751m). Here, our route, which continues along the road and then along the ski slope, turns left and leads us to a water trough. From here we continue for a few minutes and the trail leads us to hut Rifugio Som Picol, which is located at the top station of the four-seater cable car that leads from Forni di Sopra to the Som Picol hut.
Just above the hut, or after the stations of the two nearby four-seater buses, the road splits in two. Continue along the slightly narrower and steeper road on the right (the left road leads to the nearby restaurant), which ascends the ski slope. Higher up, the road becomes slightly steeper and, with a view of two artificial lakes and the surrounding mountains, leads to a right-hand bend where you leave the ski slope. The road then goes into the forest and leads to a left turn, in the middle of which the climbing route to Clap Varmost branches off to the right. From here, continue along the road, which soon branches off to the right onto another path to Clap Varmost. There is a short climb up the road, which leads to a crossroads. The path to the right leads to mountain pasture Casera Tartoi, and we continue to the left towards mountain pasture Varmost. The increasingly scenic road crosses the ski resort and then climbs to the top station of the second four-seater of the Forni di Sopra ski resort.
At the top station of the cable car, continue to the right along route 211, following the signs for "Cra Tartoi". First cross the pasture slopes to the right, then the path turns slightly to the left and leads into the woods. The path then crosses a fence and leads to slightly steeper slopes. The path then crosses slopes mostly to the north-east, occasionally ascending and descending gently. Later, the path turns slightly to the right and starts to descend slightly steeper through the forest. This path then leads us to a crossroads where we are joined on the right by a direct path from the Som Picol hut. At the crossroads, we continue left and cross wooded slopes, mostly in a gentle downhill. Later, the path crosses a stream twice and leads us out of the forest. Then it is a climb up the grassy slopes to the hut at mountain pasture Tartoi.

On the way: Rifugio Som Picol (1466m), Malga Varmost (1758m)

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